Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-04
SECTIONALISM RAMPANT.

Saws the Republican Gunnison ReUiew-
Press:
ayes, there is a New South but the old
spirit survives and is rampant on the co..
casions of unwilling statues to the rankest
rebels. John G. Oalhoun's spirit probably
waved the stars and bars with great energy
when, on the Goth, a monument to the
memory of this the deepest-dyed traitor of
all, was unveiled at Charleston. S. c."
The above editorial expression is char
acteristic Republicanism. 1t would be
recognized by the average American citi-
zen as Republicanism, should he see it
traced over an anonymous signature 1t
is instinct with the spirit of sectionalism,
whose breath is the breath of the Repub-
lican party. 1t illustrates the incapacity
of Republicanism to grasp any but Sec
tional issues, and blazons the hate the
Republican party bears to a united Ma
ton. The partisan vision of Republican
ism can behold only the past To the
present it is hopelessly blind. 1t sees
nothing and knows nothing but what is
behind it. Bearing the birthmark of
frstricidal strife it knows only visions of
blood. Its National polity is the setting
OF brother against brother, and its party
hand is the hand Of fraternal slaughter.
The ReUieW-PreSS does not stand alone in
the expression OF the views for which we
give it Credit" Republican or
gans all over the country are
indulging in similar manifestoes.
The South is to be attacked /;
sectionalism sees an opportunity and the
old vulture spirit rises to the occasion.
But it is not the Old South that is at
tackled. 1t is the New South that is vim
dictively assailed. 1t is a regenerated
South. 1t is section of our common
country that has in the last decade
brought almost unequalled honor to that
common country. 1t is a section from
which the footsteps Of progress echo
throughout the world. The New South is
the wonder of the age. No land ever
developed more rapidly, and no men
ever proved truer manhood than have
the land and men of the New South. No
section of the country to-day is more
prosperous, and no Americans are more
loyal to the Nation. But all this must
be passed by. 1t is not Republican
work, and has not resulted from Repub-
lican methods. Sectional vengeance
is the work of Republicanism, and
sectional hatred is the only method
it knows. Years of progress and pros
perity, years of amity and concord are
obliterated, and again is bawled in the ear
of the nation, the terms, "rebel," and
traitor" And what is the occasion of
the resounding of these watch-words of
civil strife? Why; forsooth, the people
of South Carolina have dared to honor
the memory of the greatest son of the
Palmetto State. That is all. A sta
tue of John G. Calhoun has been
unveiled on the streets of Charleston.
Speeches have been made eulogizing the
career Of one wht.eege name Is Inscribed for
all time upon the roll of National fame.
And for this the people of South Caro-
lima are once more "rebels" and "trait-
ors." The unveiling of a statue of Cal
houn is National event. AS long as the
world endures, SO long will be heard the
name of John c. Calhoun. History
judges not from a sectional standpoint,
and its verdict on the mighty genius of
Calhoun will know no North, no South.
He will receive the homage of future ages
as one of the greatest eff Americans, and
as such a united American Nation looks
upon him to-day.